Is 2005 the Final Year to Apply for a Diversity Visa?

MyGreencard.com publishes latest edition of green card lottery booklet for DV-2007.

Santa Barbara, CA (PRWEB) August 11, 2005 -- If the immigration reform bill introduced by John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Jon Kyl (R-Arizona) is passed by the Senate, the diversity visa lottery may no longer exist. This popular U.S. State Department program, long the ire of anti-immigrant groups, is now a convenient target of those fearing terrorists will win the lottery and gain permanent residence. Regardless whether most Americans support the immigration lottery, winning and obtaining a visa is too important to be left to chance, and this years lottery could be the final opportunity for millions of prospective immigrants to register.

Marybeth Rael and J. Stephen Wilson today announce the publication of Win the Green Card Lottery! for DV-2007. Now in its fourth major edition, this booklet provides critical tips useful guidelines for visa lottery entrants, plus other ways to get a green card. Edited by James T. Daly, Attorney At Law, Win the Green Card Lottery! outlines the entire procedure from entering the lottery to obtaining a permanent resident visa. They also offer the only independent review of lottery services for those who need third party assistance.

Among the major findings in their annual review are that very few services use deceptive advertising, countering claims that the industry is rife with fraud. According to J. Stephen Wilson, author of the recent Visa Lottery Services Report for DV-2007, "10 lottery services out of 73 we reviewed qualify as top sites based on price, quality of service, and information content provided to lottery registrants."

"The average fee charged by green card lottery service providers is $45.50 for one person and $70.12 for two persons. There is no correlation between the fee charged and the quality of the service provided, based on their review criteria."

"Most entrants should apply for the lottery themselves at the State Department web site. However, the main reasons to use a lottery service are: convenience, poor English skills, lack of computer access, unreliable postal service, and unknown future residence," according to author Marybeth Rael.

"Some lottery services even spend extra time cleaning up poor photographs that would normally be rejected by the government. Others accept applications received as late as one or two weeks before the closing date of the lottery, but may charge an additional fee for processing last minute applications. Several green card lottery web sites appearing at the top of popular search engines rank among the lowest in our review, yet have well-designed, attractive web sites. In one example a poorly rated operator, usafis.org, cloned their site under six different URLs."

About MyGreencard.com

Creative Networks is the publisher of Win the Green Card Lottery! The COMPLETE Do-It-Yourself Guide to the USA Diversity Visa Lottery DV 2005-DV-2007 by Marybeth Rael and J. Stephen Wilson. Edited by James T. Daly, Attorney At Law. ISBN 097050897-2 (e-book) $9.50; ISBN 097050898-0 (POD) $19.50. Includes full index, illustrations, and glossary of immigration terms, 188 pp. Editors: free review copies are available. To order the booklet or obtain the latest immigration news and immigration reports, please visit: http://www.mygreencard.com.

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